E-burg man sentenced for cocaine trafficking

An East Stroudsburg man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison on a federal cocaine trafficking charge.

An East Stroudsburg man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison on a federal cocaine trafficking charge.

Lester Tucker, 50, was previously indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2011 after an incident in which Tucker distributed cocaine to another individual in Monroe County, according to United States Attorney Peter J. Smith,

Tucker entered a guilty plea to the charge of distribution of cocaine on Aug. 24, 2012. The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Stroud Area Regional Police Department.

Tucker also faces vehicular homicide charges in which Raymond B. Gelormini Jr. of Hackettstown, N.J., was killed in March 2010.

State police say Tucker was traveling east on Interstate 80 early when the front end of his SUV, a Chevrolet Denali, struck a pickup truck driven by Gelormini. The contact caused the pickup truck to lose control, roll over and slide down the North Ninth Street exit ramp in Stroud Township.